Your message dated Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:18:42 +0000
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and subject line Bug#892768: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #481689,
regarding admin menus don't work if root is disabled
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Package: menu
Version: 2.1.43
Severity: important
When I installed my system, I intentionally didn't specify a root password,
which seemed to be a supported installation option. I created a normal user and
I can use sudo just fine. But Gnome menus like System->Administration->Synaptic
don't work: they ask for the root password, which doesn't exist, so I can never
authenticate. I see that these menus invoke su-to-root -X, which has a variable
named SU_TO_ROOT_X, but it doesn't support sudo or gksudo. Other menu items work
like this so this should be fixed in the su-to-root script.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages menu depends on:
ii dpkg 1.15.5.6 Debian package management system
ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-5 Manage installed documentation in
ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.2-9 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.4.2-9 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
menu recommends no packages.
Versions of packages menu suggests:
ii gksu 2.0.2-2+b1 graphical frontend to su
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 2.0.2-9+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package gksu has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/892768
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.
This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
[email protected].
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Scott Kitterman (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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